OSTM/Jason-2 LRA

Launching aboard the joint U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is NASA’s next instrument that will help improve weather forecasting.

Wave Height

OSTM/Jason-2 GPSP

Radiometer Install - April 2007

Sea Surface Height

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020, at 9:17 a.m. PST

Radiometer Installation Team - April 2007

TOPEX/Poseidon Mission to Planet Earth

OSTM/Jason-2 Spacecraft

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

Jason-1 readies for launch in its bay at Vandenberg, AFB (10/31/01)

This artist's concept shows Jason-3 over the California coast.

Jason-1 Radiometer

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite secured inside its payload fairing, is rolled to Space Launch Complex 4

Launch preparations are progressing! (11/21/01) Photos: Stacy Mitchell of John Hopkins APL/TIMED project

OSTM/Jason-2 Line Drawing

TOPEX/Poseidon DORIS

Spacecraft processing

TOPEX/Poseidon Artist's Concept

t - 12 minutes

Ionospheric Total Electron Content

OSTM/Jason-2 DORIS

Jason-1: JMR instrument

These photos were taken during the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) mating operation with Jason-1. (11/14/01) Photos: Scott Michel